Resumo do episódio 11 de Rebirth
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In Yanbei, Helian Chuan, the Chief of the Helian tribe, attempted to force his sister into a marriage with Elder Tubu of the Hongchuan tribe. Despite her protests that Tubu was over seventy years old with multiple wives, Chuan was swayed by the lavish dowry, including twenty boxes of jewelry, five hundred horses, and two hundred acres of pastureland.
When his sister—the same dancer Yan Xun had nearly strangled previously—mocked Chuan as a useless failure, he grew livid, threatening to deliver her corpse to the Hongchuan tribe if she did not comply. The disgraced General Cheng Yuan saw an opportunity in the girl's desperation. He approached Lady Helian, claiming that despite his fall from power, he remained the one who knew Yan Xun best.
He promised to help her become the Queen of Yanbei if she followed his lead, and the ambitious girl agreed to his terms. Later, a black eagle bearing a white silk ribbon—a symbol of the herdsmen’s wishes—caught Yan Xun’s eye. Believing the bird was leading him back to Chu Qiao, he pursued it only to find Lady Helian practicing her riding. She claimed she was learning so she could help search for the missing Queen.
Seeing a reflection of Chu Qiao in her movements, a drunken Yan Xun later mistook her for his lost love and took her to his bed. By the following morning, he officially proclaimed her the Secondary Consort of Yanbei. In Biantang, the Empress sought an audience with the Emperor to expose Li Ce’s secrets. She revealed that the "Lady Fu" Li Ce was harboring was actually Chu Qiao, the general of the Xiuli Army and a wanted slave.
To her frustration, the Emperor remained unbothered, viewing Chu Qiao’s intelligence and skill as assets for his son. He dismissed the Empress’s concerns with a gift of her favorite Milky Poria Pastry, leaving her to seethe in silence. The Empress’s resentment was fueled by deeper tragedies. News arrived that her son, Young Lord Xu—born from her previous marriage to Crown Prince Maocheng—had died of a plague.
She was convinced the Emperor had orchestrated the boy's death to eliminate a rival claimant to the throne. Witnessing her grief, her loyal subordinate Lord Zhan Ziyu accepted a sentence of forty lashes, enduring the physical pain as a testament to his devotion to her cause. Aware of the growing threats, Chu Qiao and Li Ce began recruiting a specialized team. Chu Qiao studied prison rosters provided by Li Ce, selecting individuals with unique talents.
Among them were Wang Shi'er, a master tomb robber proficient in construction and the Eight Trigrams, and Xiao Ran, a cynical physician who experimented with deadly poisonous herbs. Chu Qiao also sought to secure the loyalty of Ming Lu, whose father had been executed. She explained that it was the Muhe Clan’s negligence and the cruelty of the Emperor that had led to the garrison's downfall, using common soldiers as scapegoats.
She offered Ming Lu a choice: to continue a cycle of futile revenge or to join her in creating a new world where the lives of commoners and slaves would no longer be disposable. Li Ce eventually gathered the recruits at a dilapidated inn.
While his guard Song Cheng grumbled that the Prince had been cheated by a female swindler, Li Ce used his royal token and the distinct palace scents on his person to prove his identity to the skeptical prisoners. Chu Qiao addressed the group, offering them new identities and a chance for a fresh start in exchange for their absolute loyalty. One evening, while passing through the crowded lantern festival on Tianque Street, Chu Qiao glimpsed a familiar figure—Zhuge Yue.
She leaped from her carriage to find him, but he vanished into the crowd. From a high vantage point, Zhuge Yue watched her from the shadows, his eyes brimming with silent tears as they remained separated by their circumstances. To support Chu Qiao’s efforts, Li Ce presented her with a specially designed carriage equipped with a tea station, a resting area, and a small ice chest.
Chu Qiao thanked him but warned him to be wary of the King of Ximeng. Unaware that the masked king was actually Zhuge Yue, she suspected he had a hidden agenda for his visit to Biantang. Meanwhile, Zhuge Yue continued his strategic tour of the capital, insisting on inspecting every one of the city's one hundred and thirty watchtowers.
